T-bird & Camila Gonzalez
Tormentina's best friend at school is Camila Gonzalez. Her father Marcelo Javier Gonazlez Telchi is a rescue diver and jumps from helicopters into the ocean. We have seen him doing training sessions in the Beage Channel, usually when the weather is nasty and so cold that no one in their right mind would even dip a toe in the water. Courageous man - he is out there when sailors and fishermen are in distress in these Austral waters of Chile.
Bateria Robalo, Isla Navarino - CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (octubre de 2015)

Franck Cammas and the Julbo Sail Session Team arrived in Puerto Williams earlier this week to prepare for an expedition around Cape Horn in a Nacra F20 Carbon FCS. Cammus is a pro French sailor currently heading Groupama Team France, the French challenger for the 35th Americas Cup. The sailboat is a high performance catamaran developed and built by the NACRA design office and Morelli & Melvindesign & engineering. The F20 is full carbon - hulls, mast, foils, and rudders - a flying machine that can reach speeds over 30 knots and is compact enough to be trailered, boxed, and flown into Navarino Island.

After getting approval by the Armada de Chile to depart Puerto Williams, Cammus' plan is to wait in Puerto Toro for a window to round the Horn in the flying cat, then make landfall to meet the lighthouse keeper & family.

Cammas on the foredeck of the Club Naval de Yates Micalvi, Puerto WilliamsIsla Navarino - CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (noviembre de 2015)

November 9, 2015

Raivo & Pearl already hot stuff when it comes to climbing.
They show off their stuff on the training grounds of the Armada Naval base.
Isla Navarino - CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (septiembre de 2015)

Capt. Oscar Hermosilla uses calipers to ensure the minimum size requirements are met for the Centolla (Southern King Crab / Lithodes santolla) being transferred. Crabs that are below the size requirement or any females that are accidentally caught are thrown back in. Amazingly, only a dozen crabs out of 3600 kg are returned to the ocean.Isla Navarino - CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (septiembre de 2015)